Coach and Versace have become the latest foreign brands to face a backlash from internet users in China, drawing fierce criticism across social media for referring to Hong Kong and Taiwan as countries.
Chinese internet users on Monday circulated an image of US luxury brand Coach’s English-language website that showed both regions could be selected under a menu titled “countries”. Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory.
In a statement on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, Coach apologised and said it had corrected its website, adding that it “is committed to long-term development in China and respects the feelings of the Chinese people”. “Coach” was the most searched topic on Weibo on Monday.
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